Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he...

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of...

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust...

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

Power is the by-product of understanding.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must...

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed...

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the...